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In 2012 an urn thought to contain the heart of Carl Loewe was found inside the Szczecin Cathedral's southern pillar during the renovation works carried out that year.
In 1896 Loewe founded Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken with a munitions plant in Karlsruhe (Baden), formerly Deutsche Metallpatronenfabrik Lorenz, and the weapons plant in Berlin.
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Karl Maybach (who was part of the Maybach company) was employed by the Loewe company in 1901.
Edward Löwe (1794–1880), also Loewe or Lowe, English chess master
Stuart Vevers was the brand's creative director until J.W. Amderson was appointed the position.
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The 1970s marked Loewe’s expansion into the Fashion Industry where Karl Lagerfeld, Giorgio Armani, and Laura Biagiotti were behind the first women’s Ready-to-wear Collections.
Because of the German letter "ö" in the word Löwe (German for lion), the company's name is a matter of some confusion — where both Lowe Automobil and Loewe Automobile are acceptable variations of the Anglicized spelling.
Loewe's armaments company was famous in that it held a controlling interest in Waffenfabrik Mauser so was able to reap financial success from the C96 pistol when Loewe's own Borchardt semi-automatic pistol, designed by employee Hugo Borchardt, was not selling well.